Sherman Gillum Jr

On a summer evening in 2014, the life of 22-year-old Sherman Gillum Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The events of July 5th of that year in Ward, Alabama, also claimed the life of another young man, Rodarius Williams, in what became a devastating double homicide for the quiet community in Choctaw County.

In the days that followed the violent incident, the small town was rattled as law enforcement began the arduous task of piecing together the events that ...

Sherman Gillum, Jr, age 22 - National Gun Violence Memorial